Heidi Schwegler

Heidi Schwegler (born 1967 in San Antonio, Texas) is an artist in Portland, Oregon. She is the Chair of the Masters in Fine Arts Program in Applied Craft and Design,[1] a program jointly offered by Pacific Northwest College of Art and Oregon College of Art and Craft. Schwegler has been included in the Portland2016 Biennial, the Portland2010 Biennial, and the Oregon Biennial in 1999.

In interviews, Schwegler has expressed "an affinity for the ruin, non-sites and discarded objects".[2] Schwegler calls herself "an urban archaeologist" who prefers "to mine the peripheral ruin, the discarded stuff that is ignored and considered worthless. By reassigning the value and purpose of something recognizable, I emphasize the perforation between what it was and what it has now become."[3] Pulling from the traditions of craft and conceptual art, Schwegler uses a variety of mediums, including glass, metal, sculpture, photography, and installation.[4][5]

Schwegler is represented by UPFOR Gallery[6] in Portland, Oregon and Mark Moore Fine Art[7] in Orange Park Acres, California.

Education

Schwegler received her BFAs in Art History and Metals from the University of Kansas and her MFA in Metals from the University of Oregon.[8]

Selected Solo Exhibitions

  • Extinction Anxiety, Upfor Gallery, Portland, Oregon, 2017
  • Botched Execution, The Art Gym, Marylhurst University, 2015
  • November's Bone, Halsey McKay Gallery, New York, NY, 2016
  • Uncommon Likeness: Identity in Flux, Sheldon Museum of Art, NE, 2016
  • Wrest_01, Gray Box, University of Oregon, Portland, Oregon, 2015
  • Lunch, Soil Gallery, Seattle, Washington, 2015

Selected Group Exhibitions

  • Portland2016 Biennial, Disjecta, Portland, Oregon, 2016
  • Portland2010 Biennial, Disjecta, Portland, Oregon, 2010
  • Oregon Biennial, Portland Art Museum, 1999
  • April Meetings New Media Festival, Belgrade, Serbia, 2014
  • Group Show, Mas Attack Series, Torrance Art Museum, California, 2014
  • Hallie Ford Fellows Group Show, Museum of Contemporary Craft, Portland, Oregon, 2013
  • Imposter’, RAID Projects, Los Angeles, California, 2011

Awards

  • Yaddo Residency, 2016
  • Hallie Ford Fellowship, 2010
  • MacDowell Colony Fellowship, 2010
  • Finalist, Contemporary NW Art Awards, Portland Museum, 2010

References

  1. ↑ "Faculty: Pacific Northwest College of Art". Pacific Northwest College of Art - PNCA. Pacific Northwest College of Art - PNCA. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
  2. ↑ Bawa, Avantika. "Peripheral Ruin: An interview with Heidi Schwegler". Drain. Drain. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
  3. ↑ Collier, Patrick. "Portland 2016: The cellular memory of place, Part Two". Oregon Arts Watch. Oregon Arts Watch. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
  4. ↑ "Up Now: Heidi Schwegler's Gray Carnival of Violence and Despair". Portland Mercury. Retrieved 2017-04-29.
  5. ↑ "Heidi Schwegler at Upfor Gallery in Portland, Oregon on Feb. 22-April 1 2017 - Portland Visual Arts Events Calendar - portmerc". Portland Mercury. Retrieved 2017-04-29.
  6. ↑ "Artists: Heidi Schwegler". UPFOR. UPFOR. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
  7. ↑ "Artists: Heidi Schwegler". Mark Moore Fine Art. Mark Moore Fine Art. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
  8. ↑ "Faculty". Oregon College of Art and Craft. 2016-05-11. Retrieved 2017-04-29.
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